There is this misconception that ETH is somehow better than the XDG, just because it has massive fees and contracts... Still, I say STFU, because nothing compares to HIVE. There is no fees, you can earn basically with anything and for some damn reason the worst shitcoin in the freaking galaxy of shitcoins gets all the press.
Also, it is like 27 cents, which is huge to a fractal of the cent it was not so long ago, so I understand why major holders of the shitcoin take it so seriously. It could be paying everything you need... But, there is just one problem. It is still and it will always be an alternative for traditional money. Its exchange value will always be primarily a USD.
Most of these cryptos, even including overly hyped ETH with it's NFTs art sales... don't have any real product.
I don't say that art is NOT a product, but it is definitely an anti-thesis of a product. Maybe a storage of value? And don't get me wrong, I love art. I buy some, I even create some myself. It is damn OK to be an artist and if you are a good one, even better.
But without a product, or making any crypto a product on its own right can go in all direction, so far, mostly in one. That's why the intricate value is always in FIAT. So, until you can do anything else with it, like we can do on Hive, that's still the same pasta we have been eating for centuries.
I am sorry to say, but I don't want it all that much. OK? XDG is not a freedom, it is just a massive manipulation and a piece of a gameware. It will not go anywhere. It could pull up, moon, be worth thousands of dollars, but it will not GET US anywhere.